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Instructional Sequence/Procedure (Req.): 1. Display photographs, books, masks, and digital images of body art piercings, tattoos, scarification, face paint in the classroom. 2. Announce the theme Body Art. Ask who has a tattoo and care to share it and what it means to them. 3. Obviously, students will be able to observe any piercings. Discuss the fact that someone has said that body art or adornment is the window to one s soul. What do students think? Lead a general class discussion. 4. Display a series of photos/digital images on a screen in the classroom (ppt). Include religious, tribal, modern, local, and global. 5. Allow students to design their own body art use the mehndi to give each other henna tattoos, use face paint, use sandalwood paste, or draw a tattoo on paper. 6. Enrichment: visit a museum display of masks, body art, adornment, etc; invite a body artist into the classroom; plan and execute a class exhibit of body art; use the research to create a public presentation of body art. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Body Art Teacher and School not available Grade Level (Req.): 9th-12th grade Content Area (Req.): Geography Unit (Opt.): Connections to Other Disciplines (Opt.): Time Frame (Req.): 1-2 days Goal (Req.): Students will know how body art differs over cultures. Materials Needed (Req.): Photographs, books, masks and digital images of body art Bindi Mehndi Sandal paste (optional) Objective (Req.): Students will explore the history of, uses of, and impacts of body art on cultures. Students will identify global practices of body art. Students will design their own works of body art. New Vocabulary (Opt.): Anticipatory Set/Introduction [Inquiry Question is required] (Req.): What s up with body art?
13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Formative Evaluation (Req.): Class discussion Assessment (Req.): Give students the directive to relate their tattoo artwork to their soul ; students can take photographs of their artwork and write paragraphs about the relationship of the art to their inner soul. Small groups of students can research the history of, uses of, and impacts of body art on cultures; explore a variety of topics tribal body painting, clown make-up, religious uses of face pastes and adornment, modern and historical tattoos, piercings, scarification, head molding, foot binding, etc; report to the class. Iowa Core Curriculum Standards Used (Req.): Geography, grade 9-12: Understand how culture affects the interaction of human populations through time and space. Geography, grade 9-12: Understand how cultural factors influence the design of human communities Common Core Curriculum Standards Used (Opt.): NGS Standards Used (Req.): The physical and human characteristics of places That people create regions to interpret Earth s complexity How culture and experience influence people s perceptions of places and regions
Five Themes of Geography Used (Req.): Place Human-Environmental Interaction 21 st Century Universal Constructs (Opt.): Creativity School District Standards and Benchmarks (Opt.): Other Disciplinary Standards (Opt.): Other Essential Information (Opt.): Other Resources (Opt.): http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/women/bindi/htm; http://hinduism.iskcon.com/lifestyle/808.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tilaka; http://www.harekrishnatemple.com/bhakta/chapter6.html http://www.hindunet.org/tilak/ http://www.mehandi.com (use to order henna supplies)
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CLASSROOM OPTIONS Museum Tour Mehndi Tattoo design Face/Body paint Bindi